3-year-old girl in US fatally shoots 4-year-old sister

A 3-year-old girl in Houston, in the US state of Texas has shot and killed her 4-year-old sister after she gained access to a loaded semi-automatic gun, in the latest instance of a child using an......

'Medical marvel' Supratim to feature in UK magazin

The miraculous survival of Supratim Dutta, who was pierced with a two-inch-wide and five-foot-long iron rod through his chest, has become a stunner worldwide with a UK-based medical journal and the......

A broken heart can really kill you

Sudden emotional distress can sometimes produce symptoms of a severe heart attack, reports The New England Journal of Medicine. Titled 'Broken Heart Syndrome', the study conducted by doctors at......

CT scan could cause cancer, but hey, don't worry

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine, now getting considerable play across the international press, says two diametrically opposite things: One, that radiation from the computed......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

Will Tokyo Olympics happen in 2021?

Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for $239-billion extra budget IMAGE: An athlete competes in the men's hammer throw event during the morning session of the Athletics test......